Vineland teenager sent to residential program for drug, weapons charges

From staff reportsBRIDGETON -- A 15-year-old Vineland teen was sentenced May 27 to a residential program after being adjudicated on charges of CDS and weapons possession.

Dehaven Jackson was arrested April 15 south of Walnut Manor Apartments in Vineland, after officers observed he and two other men conversing about a gun.

All three individuals were stopped and patted down by police and a revolver was found in the right front pants pocket of Jackson, after which he turned over a clear plastic bag of cocaine to police.

Bridgeton 17-year-old sentenced to four years for robbery

In a separate case, a 17-year-old Bridgeton teen was sentenced to four years in the custody of the Juvenile Justice Commission after being adjudicated on charges of first-degree robbery, third-degree witness tampering and violation of probation.

James Floyd was involved in a Feb. 10 armed robbery.

Following the robbery, Floyd and a co-defendant allegedly offered the victim in the incident money to cover up the crime.

Floyd was on probation for three separate incidents of burglary and a fourth-degree charge of resisting arrest.